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MARCH 2015 | NAILS MAGAZINE | 93
Mardi Gras Party
1. With blue, purple, and gold polish,
create a water marbling efect on the
nail. Allow to dry.
2. Cover the nail with purple glitter and
allow to dry.
3. Using clear gel to adhere, place gold
craft beads in a swirling "S" design
from the base of the nail to the tip.
Valerie A. Williams, Atlanta
Pot of Gold Rainbow
1. Apply a base coat and two coats of light
blue polish.
2. Using a black striper, paint a pot; using
gold paint, fll the pot with gold.
3. Begin with a red striper and draw a line
from the pot to the edge of the nail.
Follow up with orange, yellow, green,
blue, and purple.
4. Using a white striper, make two pufy
clouds. Apply the grass with green
paint and a striper. Allow to dry and
fnish with a clear top coat.
Sam Rivenbank, Tarheel Tanning and Spa, Eure, N.C.
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Floral Plaid
1. Paint the nail white and allow to dry.
2. Paint a vertical line using 1/3 of the brush,
from left to right. Paint another vertical
line at 2/3 point and 1/3 point of the tip
using the whole brush.
3. Using a fne-tip brush, paint thin horizontal
and vertical lines alongside the other lines.
Paint three fowers with white paint and
outline them with a medium blue. Add
blue dots to the center of the fowers and
accents of three dots in a triangle shape
among the fowers.
Bliss Nam, Salon Cocoro, Brooklyn, N.Y.